Video shows battle that led to Victoria Cross

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Henri Paget, ninemsn

Corporal Daniel Keighran (AAP)

This is video of the firefight that led to Corporal Daniel Keighran being awarded Australia’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.

During the battle, which happened in 2010, Corporal Keighran repeatedly stood up and exposed himself to gunfire - risking his life so that the other soldiers he was fighting with could pinpoint where the enemies were shooting from.

His close mate Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney was killed in the conflict.